Islands of Joie

All Moods are fleeting but you would make an integrated home for six of them.

Insatiable

Indifferent

Devout

Reckless

Benevolent

Attuned

The Hedonists

These two Fera surrender to satisfaction in seclusion, setting the scene for catastrophe.

Having just consumed all of its chosen prey, the Python can see nothing but the next bigger prize awaiting. Blindness to discretion and consequence allows for a transcendental view of reality. Python’s insatiable longing for union with the object of his desire is calamitous to those who would counter and inspirational to those who would enable.

Self possessed but adrift from others, the long tentacled Jelly Fish sinks beneath waves of isolated activity. Succumbing to the fate of the current, she expands into magnificence. Primordial heat draws her downward toward sections of the universe designed exclusively for her.

These two Fera intoxicate the world with wonder at their willingness to throw it all away for Joy.

Shouting “I want” from her selfless perch overseeing a perfect world, Toucan is awash in gratitude. What Toucan wants; she already has. Toucan takes the narrowed attention of the Python and aims it toward a limitless fountain of light suffusing her world. Flipping the switch from gluttony to selfless appreciation is not as difficult as it may seem. The energy of abandon remains paramount.

With a heart beating twice as fast as those bobbling in her wake, Lemur must think in past tenses if she wishes to speak at all. Better to sing. She is so skilled at starting a chant, or a riff on a theme, or a grand Reveille to start a new day. If only she could remember the refrain that signals the choral part, where everyone gets to harmonize.

Enticed, these two Fera no longer avoid suffering but reach to embrace others with compassion.

Descending from on high, Elephant’s desire is to manifest in the physical world the acute pleasures of an infinitely loving universe. Some may deem the Elephant a whistler in the dark, but when he finds proof of the good he is seeking there is no doubting the miraculous energy imbued. When Elephant sees you, you feel known.

Otter feels herself united with the sea waves, kelp, and rain carved hollows on which she plays. This earthly dance has become a universal language that is easily comprehended by all. Her prowess at self-expression earns her a unique partnership with her kin, for they see their own grace in hers. Her joy renders her inseparable and whole.